漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
慶: jubilation, congratulate
Also: rejoice, be happy
JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
广 and 心 carry the meaning · 夂 is drawn in
15 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ケイkei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 弁慶べんけいstrong person
- 慶祝けいしゅくcongratulation; celebration
- 慶事けいじhappy event; auspicious event
- 慶弔けいちょうcongratulations and condolences
- 早慶戦そうけいせんmatch between Waseda University and Keio…
- 国慶節こっけいせつanniversary of founding (of PRC)
Also read よろこび, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Ideogrammic compound (會意)廌 antelope + 心
In oracle bone inscriptions Ideogrammic compound (會意): 廌 (“antelope”) + 心. The component 心 signified goodness, blessings and auspiciousness.
Source: Wiktionary, 慶 (rev. 91306316), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Deer (鹿 variant) + heart + movement. Originally related to a "celebration" where a deer was presented as a gift—now used for great "jubilation" and joy.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side慶 jubilation · 广
vs憂 melancholy · 百 + 冖In ChineseSimplified 庆 · traditional, as in Japanese · qìng
Japan keeps the traditional form 慶; mainland China simplifies it to 庆.
- Simplified
- 庆 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 慶 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin qìng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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